''The Liberace of Baghdad'' is a 2005 British
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
by filmmaker Sean McAllister focusing on the life and music of
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
i
pianist
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...
Samir Peter and his family in wartime
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...
. The film received a 2005
Sundance Film Festival Special Jury award as well as the
2005 British Independent Film Award for Best British Documentary. Samir Peter previously appeared in the 2004 documentary ''
Voices of Iraq''.
See also
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Voices of Iraq''
External links
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Official website for Sean McAllister
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2005 film awards
Documentary films about the Iraq War
Documentary films about music and musicians
Films set in Baghdad
Films set in Iraq
Films directed by Sean McAllister
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